Hailey Leithauser
To a Flea
 

Thought petty by many,
you, in reality,
engineer history.

While nit and mosquito
denude the odd ghetto,
the stray, off-road chateau,

you gobble up duchies,
the death-breaths of countries,
with a spry, blithe esprit.

 

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